L'Wren Scott's mental health history to be dug up by Rolling Stones insurers looking to dodge payout

The Rolling Stones said they canceled shows after front man Mick Jagger was ‘diagnosed as suffering from acute traumatic stress disorder’ after the death of girlfriend L’Wren Scott. (KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/AP)

Not so fast, Mick.

Insurance underwriters have won permission to dig in to the mental state of Mick Jagger's girlfriend, L'Wren Scott, in an attempt to avoid paying the Rolling Stones $12.7 million for concerts canceled after the fashionista's suicide in March.

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A federal judge in Utah ruled last month that the insurance officials can question Scott's brother in hopes of learning why the 49-year-old beauty hanged herself March 17 in her Chelsea luxury pad.

Before the tour, the Stones took out a $23.9 million policy preventing losses if shows were canceled due to the death of family members or others, including Scott, who had been dating Jagger since 2001.

The Stones ended up scrubbing gigs in Australia and and New Zealand after Scott's suicide as Jagger's doctors advised him not to perform for at least 30 days, according to court documents filed in Salt Lake City.

The band's insurance claim was denied, so the Stones sued the underwriters in London. Now the underwriters are fighting back, claiming that the former model and fashion designer suffered from a pre-existing mental illness not covered under the policy.

They are also seeking information from Scott's brother, Randall Bambrough, about possible illnesses, treatments and the circumstances of her death, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

"Ms. Scott intended to, and did, commit suicide and her death was therefore not 'sudden and unforeseen,'" the underwriters said in court papers.

The insurers also cast doubt on Jagger's emotional turmoil after Scott's death, arguing that a doctor did not actually examine him before diagnosing the singer with "acute traumatic stress disorder."

Fashion designer L'Wren Scott was found dead in her Chelsea apartment on March 17. (Randy Brooke/WireImage)

Bambrough told the Daily News Sunday night that he has yet to be subpoenaed by the underwriters.

"I have no idea what this is about," Bambrough said. "I have nothing to say. I don't know what they're doing or what they're not doing."

The same underwriters petitioned a Federal Court in New York seeking similar information from Scott's former personal assistant, Brittany Penebre, and from the executor of Scott's estate, Adam Glassman.

The Rolling Stones' Los Angeles public relations firm and the underwriters' Utah attorney did not respond to requests for comment.

Scott, originally named Luann Bambrough by her adoptive Mormon parents, left her Utah home as a teenager to become a model in Paris, then a top Hollywood stylist and finally a high-end fashion designer.

But she was best known as a fixture on Jagger's arm on red carpets, where the striking 6-foot-3 designer towered over the 5-foot-10 singer.

The Stones began a new tour of Australia and New Zealand late last month.